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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2002
Daniel R. Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel R. Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an integrated circuit (IC). In one embodiment, the IC includes a substrate and a plurality of gate array blocks located on the substrate. Each of the blocks includes a programmable gate array (PGA) containing at least a portion of a circuit design in an interconnect layer thereof, and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to the PGA and capable of containing a configuration that augments the portion of the circuit design. In this embodiment, the PGA and the FPGA cooperate to effect the circuit design. In another aspect, the present invention provides a method of designing an IC. In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing ICs.